Youtube Search by Keyword API
Search YouTube by keyword to find trending videos, relevant channels, and topic clusters for SEO and content research.
Python | 1 | import requests |
| 2 | |
| 3 | root = "https://ensembledata.com/apis" |
| 4 | endpoint = "/youtube/search" |
| 5 | params = { |
| 6 | "keyword": "magic", |
| 7 | "depth": 1, |
| 8 | "start_cursor": "", |
| 9 | "period": "overall", |
| 10 | "sorting": "relevance", |
| 11 | "get_additional_info": False, |
| 12 | "token": "YOUR-TOKEN-HERE" |
| 13 | } |
| 14 | |
| 15 | res = requests.get(root+endpoint, params=params) |
| 16 | print(res.json()) |
| 17 |
Why Developer Teams Use Our API
Ranked Search Results
Query a keyword and get back the same ranked videos a viewer would see.
Discover Niche Channels
Surface channels already ranking for a topic to speed up creator outreach lists.
Spot Rising Topics
Catch what's gaining traction around a keyword before it becomes a mainstream trend.
No API Key Quotas
Run keyword research without burning through YouTube Data API daily quota limits.
Live Ranking Data
Results reflect what's actually ranking on YouTube right now, not a stale index.
Schedule Ongoing Searches
Automate repeat lookups on key terms to track how a topic shifts over time.
Scrape Youtube Data Effortlessly
Crawl ranked video results and channel data for any search term with our YouTube keyword search API, useful for SEO research and video content strategy.
Video SEO Audit
See which YouTube videos already rank for your target keyword before you publish.
Channel Discovery by Topic
Find YouTube channels actively producing content around a search term.
Keyword Volume Signal
Gauge how much content competes for a keyword before investing in a video.
Youtube Scraping Features
Find out what is trending on YouTube for any keyword and use that data to better position your content or identify new opportunities.
- Query a term and get back the same ranked videos and channels YouTube's own search shows.
- See which videos already rank for a keyword before investing in a new upload.
- Filter results to a recent upload window with an optional date-range parameter.
- Separate matching videos from matching channels directly in the response structure.
- Run keyword research without burning through YouTube Data API daily quota limits.
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Contact usFrequently Asked Questions
It returns ranked videos and channels matching your search term, similar to YouTube's native search results.
Yes, seeing which videos and channels currently rank for a keyword is commonly used to inform video SEO and content strategy.
Results are pulled live from YouTube at request time, reflecting current search rankings for that keyword.
Each request returns a page of ranked results, generally a few dozen videos and channels, without deep pagination beyond that first page.
Yes, an optional date filter parameter mirrors YouTube's own upload-date search filters, letting you narrow results to a recent window.
Yes, the response separates matching videos from matching channels so each result type can be processed independently.
Yes, the search term is passed through as-is, so results reflect whatever language or script you query in.
No, you interact with it purely through HTTP requests to our own API, no Google Cloud project or API key is needed.
Yes, many teams call this endpoint on a schedule for a fixed set of keywords to continuously monitor how videos and channels rank over time.